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Seal of the Government-General of Algeria under the Second French Empire, 1865 Seal of the Government-General of Algeria (1960s) Chronological map of French Algeria's evolution, 1830–1962. In 1830, in the days before the outbreak of the July Revolution against the Bourbon Restoration in France , the conquest of Algeria was initiated by ...
This is a list of Algerian cities and towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants, and towns and villages with more than 20,000 inhabitants. For a list of all the 1,541 municipalities of Algeria, see List of municipalities of Algeria, and for the postal code of an Algerian city, see list of postal codes of Algerian cities.
During the French colonial period (1830–1962), Algeria contained a large European population of 1.6 million who constituted 15.2% of the total population in 1962. . Consisting primarily of French people, other populations included Spaniards in the west of the country, Italians and Maltese in the east, and other Europeans in small
French Algeria (French: Alger until 1839, then Algérie afterwards; [1] unofficially Algérie française, [2] [3] Arabic: الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France.
Administrative map of French Algeria from 1934 to 1955, showing the Alger department in pink. The Department of Algiers (French: département d'Alger, [depaʁtəmɑ̃ dalʒe], Arabic: عمّالة الجزائر) [1] was a former French department in Algeria. The department of Alger existed between 1848 and 1974.
Once the Bey of Titteri (governor of the southern provinces), following the fall of Algiers he declared himself the new Dey of Algiers and began a campaign of resistance against the French army, until his capital was captured and he was forced to capitulate during the Médéa expedition. [5] Hadj Ahmed Bey: 1833 1848
When Hussein Dey pressed French consul Pierre Deval about the debt at a reception, the latter's arrogant response led the Dey to slap his face with a fly-whisk. [296] King Charles X used this incident as an excuse to break ties with Algiers [295] and start a full-scale invasion of Algeria. The French military landed near Algiers on 14 June 1830.
Political office-holders in French Algeria (4 C) E. Elections in French Algeria (2 C, 2 P) M. Military of French Algeria (1 C, 9 P) T. Treaties of French Algeria (1 C ...